虛堂和尚語錄 1.100

1.100

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Yaoshan instructed the assembly: 'I have a phrase; wait until a bull gives birth to a calf, and then I will speak it to you.' At that time a monk came forward and said: 'The bull has already given birth to a calf; why don't you speak it?' Yaoshan called to the attendant to bring a lamp, and the monk returned to the assembly." The Master said: "This monk returned to the assembly too quickly and missed Yaoshan."